Tonje

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tonje: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tonje: Recorded since 1949, it reached #15 in 1994, and it stood at #455 in 2021.

1registrar recorded it
69times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#15highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for
8names it appears alongside

What stands out in Tonje's record

Held a top-100 place for 33 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 69 years. Longest shared records

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1949–2021

View as table

Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1949	#397
1951	#407
1953	#384
1955	#322
1956	#376
1957	#360
1958	#288
1959	#267
1960	#290
1961	#349
1962	#213
1963	#279
1964	#137
1965	#154
1966	#140
1967	#110
1968	#107
1969	#109
1970	#117
1971	#76
1972	#73
1973	#60
1974	#64
1975	#49
1976	#45
1977	#56
1978	#41
1979	#42
1980	#41
1981	#48
1982	#36
1983	#26
1984	#26
1985	#25
1986	#27
1987	#30
1988	#32
1989	#20
1990	#19
1991	#23
1992	#18
1993	#24
1994	#15
1995	#28
1996	#37
1997	#39
1998	#39
1999	#50
2000	#57
2001	#72
2002	#73
2003	#85
2004	#118
2005	#151
2006	#146
2007	#209
2008	#184
2009	#238
2010	#235
2011	#432
2012	#383
2013	#511
2014	#405
2015	#405
2016	#500
2017	#412
2018	#529
2020	#433
2021	#455

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 69 of the 73 years from 1949 to 2021.

Official data for Norway, 1949–2021 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #397 among girls in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1949–2021
Highest recorded position: #15 among girls in Norway, in 1994 (recorded 1949–2021).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #455 among girls in Norway, in 2021.
Norway · Girls

Tonje by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tonje in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	56	7 of 10	8
1960s	329	10 of 10	33
1970s	1,308	10 of 10	131
1980s	2,133	10 of 10	213
1990sbusiest	2,305	10 of 10	231
2000s	602	10 of 10	60
2010s	91	9 of 10	10
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 231 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1994 and 1995, when recorded births fell by 92, from 312 to 220.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tonje appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1949 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #15 in Norway in 1994.

Tonje's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	Norway	female	#455	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#433	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#529	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#500	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#405	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#405	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#511	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#383	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#432	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#235	26	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#238	23	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#184	33	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#209	28	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#146	45	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#151	40	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#118	53	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#85	73	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#73	87	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#72	98	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#57	122	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#50	147	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#39	170	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#39	183	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#37	193	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#28	220	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#15	312	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#24	258	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#18	269	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#23	270	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#19	283	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#20	276	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#32	242	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#30	222	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#27	229	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#25	234	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#26	225	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#26	222	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#36	173	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#48	146	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#41	164	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#42	159	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#41	159	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#56	129	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#45	162	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#49	165	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#64	129	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#60	134	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#73	109	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#76	108	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#117	54	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#109	63	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#107	58	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#110	54	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#140	37	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#154	32	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#137	35	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#279	13	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#213	18	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#349	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#288	11	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#360	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#376	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#407	4	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#397	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1949 and 2021, ranked in 69 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #15, first reached in 1994.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 33 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 312 births, registered in Norway in 1994.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Toni · #51, 70y
Tonia · #406, 17y
Tønnes · #338, 17y
Tonny · #258, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Stein · #14, 71y
Stig · #14, 69y
Reidun · #17, 65y
Trine · #17, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Ellen · #15, 81y
Else · #15, 80y
Erik · #15, 81y
Gunn · #15, 60y

Comparisons involving Tonje

Existing comparison pages where Tonje and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Tonje in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Sarah vs Tonje
Over 60 shared years in Norway · Girls, Sarah rose about as far as Tonje fell — from #490 and #290 in 1960 to #111 and #455 in 2021.
Sarah · Tonje · 60 shared years, 1960–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Tonje vs Maja
Over 56 shared years in Norway · Girls, Maja rose about as far as Tonje fell — from #290 and #444 in 1960 to #455 and #28 in 2021.
Tonje · Maja · 56 shared years, 1960–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Hedda vs Tonje
Over 54 shared years in Norway · Girls, Hedda rose about as far as Tonje fell — from #460 and #279 in 1963 to #11 and #455 in 2021.
Hedda · Tonje · 54 shared years, 1963–2021 · Mirrored each other
See the 2021 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Tonje and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Amalie vs Tonje
In 1996, Amalie moved ahead of Tonje in Norway · Girls — #29 and #28 the year before became #8 and #37.
Amalie · Tonje · 40 shared years, 1978–2021 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1996 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Tonje measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Tonje at its highest position.

Tonje vs Trude
Over 53 shared years in Norway · Girls, Tonje rose about as far as Trude fell — from #397 and #296 in 1949 to #151 and #570 in 2005.
Tonje · Trude · 53 shared years, 1949–2005 · Mirrored each other
See the 2005 Norway ranking
Tonje vs Tina
Tonje and Tina changed places 15 times in Norway · Girls between 1958 and 2021, ending at #455 and #424.
Tonje · Tina · 63 shared years, 1958–2021 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2021 Norway ranking
Tonje vs Jeanette
Tonje and Jeanette changed places 13 times in Norway · Girls between 1949 and 2014, ending at #405 and #522.
Tonje · Jeanette · 58 shared years, 1949–2014 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2014 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Tonje was ranked #15 in Norway · Girls in 1994. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tonje and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tonje without appearing here.

Tonje moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 1963 they stood at #279 and #243 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #137 and #340.
Judith Compare
In 1963 they stood at #279 and #253 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #137 and #292.
Yvonne Compare
In 1963 they stood at #279 and #160 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #137 and #269.
Barbara Compare
In 1963 they stood at #279 and #227 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #137 and #256.

Moved ahead of Tonje

Zoe Compare
In 2017 they stood at #412 and #439 in Norway · Girls; by 2018 that had become #529 and #268.
Hennie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #235 and #278 in Norway · Girls; by 2011 that had become #432 and #184.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #235 and #433 in Norway · Girls; by 2011 that had become #432 and #247.
Ellie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #235 and #307 in Norway · Girls; by 2011 that had become #432 and #256.

Moved the opposite way to Tonje

Hennie Compare
Between 1955 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Tonje went from #322 to #455 while Hennie went from #376 to #50.
Sara Compare
Between 1955 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Tonje went from #322 to #455 while Sara went from #444 to #32.
Caroline Compare
Between 1958 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Tonje went from #288 to #455 while Caroline went from #404 to #206.
Emilie Compare
Between 1958 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Tonje went from #288 to #455 while Emilie went from #383 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1949 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #15 in Norway in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tonje

Tonje at a glance

What stands out in Tonje's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tonje by decade in Norway · Girls

Tonje appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Tonje

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Tonje

Tonje and the names beside it

Tonje moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tonje

Moved the opposite way to Tonje

Tonje at a glance

What stands out in Tonje's record

Tonje by decade in Norway · Girls

Tonje appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Tonje

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Tonje

Tonje and the names beside it

Tonje moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tonje

Moved the opposite way to Tonje